222b grabbed a meme from Jonnyram of a fun-looking games meme of Japanese origin, so I thought I’d try it.

1. Total volume of game files on my computer 　
（コンピュータに入ってるゲームファイルの容量）

I would need to take a look, but on my fried PC it was over 30gig (which I hope to get back soon!) and on my new laptop I am guessing (low end) with music and images and videos… close to 15gig. Totaling around 45gig. I am probably off though.

2. Game playing right now
（今進行中のテレビゲーム）

Too many. But as in RIGHT FREAKING NOW! I will list a few in chronological start time.

Super Metroid
Deus Ex
Earthbound Zero (Mother jp NES)

3. The last video game I bought
（最後に買ったテレビゲーム）

hmm… well thanks to Kiken here is the last purchase I made on a “I don’t have the money, but it is too cheap to pass” moment.

Dracula X
Wipe Out
Policenauts
Gradius Deluxe Pack

I should be getting them in the mail soon.

4. Five video games I play a lot, or that mean a lot to me
（よくプレイする、または特別な思い入れのある5つのテレビゲーム）

1) Gradius 2 - I would love to put the whole damn series here, and Gradius Gaiden is my favorite from the series, but for some reason I always gravitate back to Gradius 2. I think it captures the essences of Gradius really well and is good for a quick play through. While not my favorite of the series, it is probably my most played.

2) Silent Hill 2 - This is the highest replayed 3D game for me. It is also one of the best. I plan on going through it again soon, possibly this weekend if I get some other things done. It really made me see games in a different light. I found myself asking “are they really trying to say what I think they are psychologically?” It was good. Even if this game ages horribly, it will probably be something I pull out 10 years from now and replay.

3) Super Mario Bros. 1 - I have never beat SMB 1. I stopped trying honestly. I have never looked at a faq on this game nor do I want to. I lived off of this game and Duck Hunt for almost a year alone. SMB1 got more play than DH by far. I loved running through some of my favorite levels and just looking for stuff or just … running. I was never worried about finishing this game. I did a 360 on SMB3 compared to this, I have never seen all the stages in SMB3. For me it was always about how fast I could finish it. There is still so much for me to explore there. SMB was also the game that made me want to buy a Nintendo after playing it in the arcade.

4) Samurai Showdown 1 - This game made me fall in love with SNK/Neo Geo. To this day I am still a huge fan of SNK, but not so much SS. 1 was this fantastical game that could pull the screen out, and the sound. Metal on metal clinks and clangs, Gen-an’s laugh and the blood. King of Fighters ‘96 and Metal Slug 1 were also major games for the Neo that solidified my love for SNK, but SS1 started it. SS1 also drove me to hunt down and buy/assemble my Neo Geo arcade cabinet. SS1 was the first game I ever gawked at, standing there, staring at people play it, my senses were all assaulted by this game.

5) Ridge Racer Type 4 - Before RR4 I had only played a little of RR1 in the arcade and once on the PS1. The reason I bought RR4… the free t-shirt and a jog-con. I did not even know what a JogCon was or, hell, even what RR was all about really. It was also an import at an import store, yes, a brick and mortar building. It was decently priced for such a large box of game, and it had free stuff. Instant impulse purchase. I fell in love with RR4. I played it for a few months straight and on and off for the next 3 years. JogCon in hand and my chair about 2.5′ from the television screen I was in heaven. RR4 is probably the only game that I have never turned the soundtrack off for after extended periods of time with. I even went to the point of putting headphones on to immerse myself further. RRV was not too great for me, and I don’t even know why, can’t put my finger on it. After playing RRV for about 3 hours I went back to playing RR4. This is why Ridge Racers for the PSP was so hard for me to resist, the RR4 parts. Going into a dark room with my PSP and Ridge Racers, the volume up, is fantastical.

This list was hard, when I started I was unsure of all the games to put. Picking game 5 was really tough. Honorable mention goes out to Pop’n/IIDX. They just barely missed the cutoff. 5 years down the road they would make it probably.

5. Five people to whom I’m passing the baton
（バトンを渡す5名）

bullet_curtain
tequilakitten
rudie
westacular (before you leave)
alpha5099

And anyone else who might want to, of course.